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Synonyms for fluky

subject to accident or chance or change

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Further fluky conditions followed in Hyeres with a mid-fleet finish in
Further fluky conditions followed in Hyeres with a mid-fleet finish in the coastal race and a hard-fought sixth place on the stadium racing day.
The team was helped by two fluky goals: a deflection, and a score by a player who was apparently unnoticed by the Poland defense.
CURTAIN UP Leaden grey skies and fluky winds at the start feelied the spectacular favours the wind gods would later bestow upon a disbelieving fleet.
And while the current model is little more than a fluky novelty item, it's not hard to Imagine how traveling with a personal drone videographer and archivist could easily become a staple of modern life.
"Two defeats and a need to rethink their style would be better for France than a few fluky Parisbased wins.
We are unbeaten away from home at the moment, albeit down to a poor 0-0 draw at Watford or a fluky 1-0 win at Stoke, but that is a stat we can use to our advantage going into the game.
"You knew it was going to come down to a fluky goal and that's kind of what they got,'' Shrewsbury coach Steve Turnblom said.
"Every time I try to play something fluky happens to it, somebody falls on it and re-injures it.
Danny Welbeck turned home soon after the restart and, having seen Adam Lallana wrongly denied a fluky first England goal, substitute Andros Townsend lashed home from the edge of the box.
I'm sore because I've been precisely taking every precaution to not be mistaken for an artist, indeed to fall unmistakably short of being onein case I happen to possess some of that fluky, latearriving promise.
Fleck's win was considered fluky, since he never won another event on the PGA Tour--he did win twice on the senior circuit--but Fleck reminded anyone who cared to listen that he finished third in the famed 1960 U.S.
Other than a somewhat fluky goal against Shakhtar Donetsk, the PS50m striker has failed to find the net in two months - but Benitez insists he has the quality to shine through.
However, with the teams locked at 1-1, it was Papiss Cisse's fluky strike which managed to grab all three points for the Magpies.